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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Steve Carlton	567.89
2	Steve Rogers	541.8
3	Mario Soto	535.37
4	Dave Stieb	535.12
5	Fernando Valenzuela	508.23
6	Nolan Ryan	502.28
7	Don Sutton	499.44
8	Ron Guidry	494.7
9	Milt Wilcox	491.67
10	Jerry Reuss	479.8
11	Joe Niekro	479.1
12	Bob Welch	478.45
13	Joaquin Andujar	474.62
14	Bill Gullickson	469.77
15	Jim Clancy	467.65
16	Dan Petry	464.18
17	Floyd Bannister	464.01
18	Jack Morris	457.85
19	Bob Forsch	456.1
20	Larry Gura	455.41
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	Jim Palmer	454.23
22	John Tudor	453.6
23	Len Barker	451.98
24	Dennis Eckersley	451.89
25	Dave Righetti	450.51
26	Mike Caldwell	449.3
27	Mike Norris	449.18
28	Ken Forsch	445.56
29	Mike Flanagan	445.4
30	Rick Sutcliffe	445.19
31	Bruce Berenyi	444.81
32	Rick Rhoden	443.36
33	Geoff Zahn	443.15
34	Tommy John	442.8
35	Phil Niekro	440.52
36	Larry Christenson	438.93
37	Atlee Hammaker	438.52
38	Fergie Jenkins	438.28
39	Vida Blue	435.89
40	John Denny	434.64
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Mike Krukow	433.84
42	Luis Leal	433.16
43	La Marr Hoyt	430.33
44	Larry McWilliams	430.31
45	Dennis Leonard	429.74
46	Dennis Martinez	429.48
47	Rick Honeycutt	428.97
48	Burt Hooton	427.25
49	Tom Seaver	426.13
50	Scott McGregor	425.8
51	Scott Sanderson	424.44
52	Richard Dotson	421.89
53	Gaylord Perry	420.86
54	Moose Haas	420.86
55	John Candelaria	418.27
56	Charlie Lea	417.58
57	Bobby Castillo	414.96
58	Dick Ruthven	412.54
59	Bruce Kison	410.16
60	Bill Laskey	409.86
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Tim Lollar	405.82
62	John Stuper	403.49
63	Charlie Hough	402.81
64	Bob Knepper	400.47
65	Britt Burns	399.87
66	Eric Show	397.34
67	Matt Young	397.14
68	Jim Beattie	396.95
69	Pete Vuckovich	396.05
70	Dave LaPoint	395.18
71	Bob McClure	393.6
72	Lary Sorensen	392.29
73	Mike Torrez	392.07
74	Rick Langford	390.39
75	Dave Dravecky	385.54
76	Paul Splittorff	383.69
77	Brad Havens	383.3
78	Rick Camp	383.19
79	Bert Blyleven	378.4
80	Shane Rawley	377.83
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Pascual Perez	373.91
82	Chuck Rainey	373.18
83	Albert Williams	372.47
84	Jerry Ujdur	370.98
85	Frank Pastore	369.13
86	Craig McMurtry	368.62
87	Joe Price	368.15
88	Bob Shirley	366.68
89	Mike Witt	366.57
90	Bob Stoddard	366.28
91	Juan Eichelberger	366.09
92	Dennis Lamp	366.02
93	Jerry Koosman	365.81
94	Jim Gott	364.32
95	Bill Krueger	359.69
96	Andy Hawkins	357.55
97	Danny Darwin	357.44
98	Matt Keough	356.45
99	Storm Davis	356.1
100	Steve Renko	355.75
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Fred Breining	353.43
102	Frank Viola	352.2
103	Vern Ruhle	351.74
104	John Montefusco	351.65
105	Frank Tanana	351.59
106	Chris Codiroli	349.0
107	Mike Brown	348.8
108	Bruce Hurst	348.66
109	Steve Trout	348.16
110	Steve McCatty	346.56
111	Jon Matlack	343.5
112	Mike Smithson	341.33
113	Andy McGaffigan	341.27
114	Jack O'Connor	340.51
115	Craig Swan	339.72
116	Mike Scott	339.21
117	Mike LaCoss	337.24
118	Mike Boddicker	336.22
119	Dickie Noles	333.26
120	Bob Ojeda	332.33
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ed Lynch	331.48
122	Rich Gale	331.06
123	Tom Underwood	330.72
124	Doc Medich	330.66
125	Scott Holman	328.89
126	Jay Howell	326.31
127	Mike Moore	325.8
128	Dave Rozema	325.66
129	Alejandro Pena	323.79
130	Bud Black	323.76
131	Paul Moskau	322.5
132	Ted Power	322.32
133	Pete Falcone	322.23
134	Doyle Alexander	321.07
135	Doug Bird	318.81
136	Charlie Puleo	318.59
137	Charles Hudson	317.8
138	Neil Allen	317.35
139	Craig Lefferts	316.5
140	Rick Behenna	316.31
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chris Welsh	316.06
142	Pete Filson	315.1
143	Bill Travers	313.86
144	Jerry Augustine	312.91
145	Steve Mura	312.19
146	Lee Tunnell	311.9
147	Keith Creel	311.79
148	Ed Whitson	311.7
149	Ken Schrom	311.59
150	Mike Morgan	311.48
151	John Martin	311.15
152	Bryan Oelkers	310.61
153	Marty Bystrom	310.34
154	Rick Mahler	309.63
155	Mike Madden	309.36
156	Don Robinson	308.72
157	Joe Beckwith	306.3
158	Larry Pashnick	305.88
159	Oil Can Boyd	305.42
160	Edwin Nunez	305.23
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Rick Ownbey	304.14
162	Juan Berenguer	303.36
163	Jim Bibby	303.31
164	Dave Goltz	303.28
165	Tim Conroy	301.49

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